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“Speak What I Speak”: Mirroring Divine Speech in the Septuagint
Καὶ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων· ἐγὼ Κύριος λάλησον πρὸς Φαραω βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου ὅσα ἐγὼ λέγω πρὸς σέ (Exodus 6:29 LXX)
וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹ֖ר אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דַּבֵּ֗ר אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י דֹּבֵ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Divine Authority and Prophetic Transmission
Exodus 6:29 presents a key transitional moment in Moshe’s prophetic commissioning. YHWH affirms His identity and issues an unambiguous command: Moshe must convey everything YHWH says to Parʿo. The Hebrew is direct and formulaic, while the Septuagint reflects this structure with modest syntactic smoothing, especially through pronoun clarity and clause restructuring.… Learn Hebrew
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